Mole symptoms Assessment Questionnaire

Questions Your Doctor May Ask - and Why!

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques to assess the
symptom: Mole symptoms. These will include a physical examination and possibly diagnostic
tests. (Note: A physical exam is always done, diagnostic tests may or may not
be performed depending on the suspected condition)
Your doctor will ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is
important to openly share any pertinent information to help your doctor make an
accurate diagnosis.

It is also very important to bring an up-to-date list of all of your all
medical conditions, medications including dosages, and names of numbers of any
specialist you see.

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How long has the mole been present?

Why: Not all malignant melanoma arise in pre-existing pigmented moles. A lesion that appears quite quickly over a few weeks or months may also undergo malignant change.

When did you notice the mole symptoms?

Why: the early diagnosis and treatment of melanoma profoundly affects the prognosis.

What mole symptoms do you have?

Why: e.g. symptoms of malignant change in a mole include change in size, change in shape, change in color, itch, bleeding. Benign moles rarely cause any serious symptoms. They may be disfiguring, protrude above the skin surface and catch on clothes.

Age of the person with mole symptoms?

Why: Everyone (except albinos) have a few moles at birth but the number increases during life. During childhood and adolescence moles may become more pigmented or completely regress. When enlarging and getting darker, a mole on a child may be difficult to distinguish from a malignant melanoma, but true malignant (cancerous) change in a mole is uncommon before puberty.

Ethnic group of the person with mole symptoms?

Why: Moles are more common in Caucasians living in hot countries, such as Australia, because the skin is exposed to a greater quantity of ultraviolet light.

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Mole symptoms:

The following list of conditions
have 'Mole symptoms' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause
of any symptom.

Select from the following alphabetical view of conditions which
include a symptom of Mole symptoms or choose View All.

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